03-West Bengal Report.pdf - People's watch

FF Code : W.B./ MON (Aditi Kar)/Kolkata/
June-20/06/2007/Sl.No.-52
Victim(s) : 1) Jageshwar Rabi Das;
2) Lata Das
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Rabin Haldar, Duty Officer;
2) Unnamed Duty Officer
Location : Bartala PS
Date of incident : 08/06/2007
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Case Details:
Victim Jageshwar Rabi Das lives with his wife and children at Arabindo Sarani. His relatives
Dhanoki Das, Mukesh Das, and Sanju Das are local anti-social elements.
On 8 June 2007 at around 10.00pm, while Jageshwar Rabi Das was lying on the terrace of his
house, Dhanoki Das, Mukesh Das, and Sarju Das arrived and demanded money from him for
purchasing liquor. When Jageshwar Rabi Das refused to give them money, they pounced on
him and started beating him severely. His 16 year-old daughter Lata Das rushed to save her
father and attempted to protect him from the perpetrators. She was also beaten up severely. One
of the assailants hit her head with a brick and injured her eye. Lata Das became unconscious.
The perpetrators continued battering Jageshwar. His loud cry drew the attention of the neighbors
and they recused him and his daughter.
Jageshwar Rabi and Lata Das were sent to the Bartala PS. Duty Officer Rabin Haldar sent them
to the R.G. Kar Hospital for a medical check-up and treatment. One of Lata Das’s eyes was
badly affected. Jageshwar Rabi Das’s hip was dislocated.
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Jageshwar Rabi and Lata Das went to the Bartala PS again with their medical reports to lodge a
complaint. The Duty Officer recorded the Diary but refused to give them a General Diary
Number. Jageshwar Rabi Das’s companions asked the police to start a police case and to
arrest the perpetrators, but the Duty Officer police was rude to them. The Duty Offier also
threatened that if they pressured him to arrest the perpetrators, then he would put them into the
police lock up or shove them out of the police station. Jageshwar Rabi and Lata Das returned
home.